Troopers are reporting that an Army National Guard helicopter is standing by to launch if a favorable weather window develops affording them the chance to conduct a further search of the Mendenhall Towers area for two missing climbers. George “Ryan” Johnson, of Juneau, and Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia remain missing since last heard from […]
The Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center report that they received a call-in from Flattop Mountain near Anchorage alerting them to an injured skier there. The caller at 4:04 pm on Thursday reported that a 22-year-old skier, identified as Jordon Ross, had sustained injuries when he collided with a rocky outcrop and had become incapacitated and could not […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 25-year-old man from the 107-foot fishing vessel Bering Hunter approximately 60 miles south west of Cold Bay, Alaska, Thursday morning. The Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to Cold Bay hoisted the man and safely transported him to awaiting emergency medical […]
An Anchorage aviator was located uninjured after the Coast Guard launched a MH-60T helicopter to search for an ELT signal in Johnstone Bay on Monday of last week, troopers report. At 1:32 pm on last Monday, the Coast Guard contacted troopers and informed them that they had detected an ELT locator beacon emanating from Johnstone Bay […]